Life in Central America in the cinema focus

The film evenings on development policy, founded in 2004, invite you to “distant views” – this time of Central America – and to dialogue.

In the Linz Moviemento

The opening film “Temblores” (tremors) tells a story about love, family and religious bigotry in Guatemala City. Theologian, actor, director and storyteller Abel Solares (Graz, Guatemala) invites to dialogue. March 30, 8 p.m

“La llorona” (The Spirit of Llorona) tells a horror and fantasy story as a metaphor for Guatemala’s recent past and its unhealed political wounds. The visual artist Camilo Melgar-Quiñónez (Vienna, Guatemala) is a guest. March 31, 8 p.m

“Dos Rios” (Two Rivers) is dedicated to the Central American region and issues that require policy action, such as climate change. The Viennese journalist Ralf Leonhard is a guest in the interview, April 1, 6:30 p.m

At the Katsdorf cinema

“Archeology of Worker’s Dignity” is a documentary on the archeology of dignity and work (with German subtitles), Gudrun Glocker (Project Officer, Südwind OÖ) and Matthias Fichtenbauer (Project Officer Latin America, DKA Vienna) invite you to dialogue, April 13, 7:30 p.m., Maps: 0699/11 36 95 32, www.kino-katsdorf.at

In Gmunden and Haslach

“Ixcanul” (Dreams at the Base of the Volcano) tells the story of a 17-year-old Mayan woman on a coffee plantation. Project manager Susanne Kummer from Guatemala invites you to a dialogue. 17 April, 7 p.m., Stadtkino Gmunden, tickets: www.ki-0816.at; 27 April, 7 p.m., Adlerkino Haslach, adlerkino.at

In the Wels arthouse cinema

“Lo que queda en el camino” (What Remains Along the Way) tells the story of a single mother trying to reach the Mexican-American border with her four children. Guest is producer Annika Mayer. 18 April, 7 p.m., tickets: 07242/26703, www.programmkinowels.at

Freistadt cinema

“Nuestra’s Madres” (Our Mothers) is set in Guatemala and tells the story of an anthropologist who has to identify missing people. 25 April, 7.30 p.m., tickets: 07942/77711, http://reservierung. kino-freistadt.at

Diesel cinema Braunau

“La hija de todas las rabias” (Daughter of Rage) tells the story of 11-year-old Maria who lives with her mother on the edge of a garbage dump. The guest speaker is Christina Kirchsteiger (DKA, project assistant for Asia and Latin America), May 10, 7:30 p.m., tickets: 077 22 / 818 00, www.dieselkino.at

All information: www.dioezese-linz.at